Is Fox Already Promoting DragonBall Z?

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By Paul

Somewhere in the halls of 20th Century Fox, work is underway on a live-action DragonBall movie. However, very little news has been forthcoming so far on Hollywood's adaptation of the popular Japanese anime/manga series.

It may seem premature to see any marketing materials for the proposed 2003 film so far, but there's already a supposed poster floating around on the Internet for the flick. Is it bona fide?

On the one hand, the graphic design work is far above the usual fan-made fare &#Array; clearly the work of a professional designer. The poster also includes a jazzy new "DBZ" monogram that is so typical of the inscrutable alphanumeric tags Hollywood and TV producers like sticking on movies and shows these days (think ID4, M:I-2, MIIB, XXX, AI, CSI, SVU, SG1, etc.).

On the other hand, the layout is not in the usual one-sheet proportions, meaning that if it's real, it's probably some kind of special banner. Also, maybe it's just me, but the Fox logo in the bottom right-hand corner seems a bit too large.

The official DragonBallZ website has next to no information on the movie, despite being the official news outlet for the project. However, there's a survey up on this page where surfers can apparently nominate their favorite actors for yet-uncast lead part of Goku. Unfortunately, the page doesn't come up properly for me; maybe others will have more success. [source: MovieFans.de]

Incidently, it may interest readers to know that there already is a live-action DragonBall movie out there: a 1989 Hong Kong production titles Xin qi long zhu shen long de fu shou (say that five times fast!). Apparently, it's not too bad. Let's hope that the Hollywood-ized version doesn't fall between the cultural cracks like the recent 3D-anime dustbiter Final Fantasy did. Stay tuned for the latest!